Chapter 210 Absurd

Cui Hong cupped his hands and said, "Young Master Bu, please forgive me. I do have a request. If you agree, my uncle, the head of the family, will decide that the matter of providing assistance will be settled, and I will also give you a generous gift."

Su Yu leaned against the table, propped her chin on her hand, and laughed, "It seems that Physician Sun and Young Master Cui Zhan saved me?"

Cui Hong remained unfazed: "My brother saved you in the name of the family. This matter has done him no harm whatsoever, and it was also the will of my brother's father, the head of the Cui family. I hope you will heed my words, young master."

Su Yu replied indifferently, "Then tell me about it."

As for whether or not to agree, we'll see.

He calmly picked up his teacup.

Cui Hong took a deep breath, his face slightly flushed, and after a long while, he finally uttered a few words: "Yes, to marry in place of my elder brother Cui Zhan."

"Pfft! Cough cough cough!" Su Yu coughed, which aggravated her wound, and she pounded her chest until it hurt.

Cui Hong's cheeks flushed even redder with embarrassment, and he hurriedly added in a raised voice, "It's just a formality. Once you're in the bridal sedan chair, you can just run away and disappear. Our Cui family will prepare your luggage and compensation!"

Su Yu barely managed to suppress her cough and gestured for a pause.

Cui Hong shut his mouth.

Su Yu recovered and said cautiously, "This isn't a question of what I should do."

Cui Hong was probably doing this for the first time, and he kept fidgeting nervously and shyly: "Then, do you have any questions?"

Su Yu urged him to come closer and explain: "I don't know anything. Tell me the specifics. How did it come to the point of a substitute marriage, and why did you bring in an outsider like me?"

Cui Hong approached, hesitated for a moment, and then, in order to get help, told the truth.

First of all, the emperor of their Zhao Kingdom took a liking to Cui Zhan, although she and Cui Zhan knew each other before.

Secondly, Cui Zhan possessed the highest cultivation talent of his generation in the Cui family, and the Cui family was unhappy with this marriage, so the emperor planned to force him into marriage.

Finally, they saw that Su Yu was not only good-looking enough to fool the wedding procession that only knew about the handsome eldest son of the Cui family, but also had an unknown identity and some strength, so she could run away on her own without revealing the news.

After listening, Su Yu asked a question: "Is Cui Zhan himself willing?"

"..." Cui Hong gritted his teeth, "It's because he was willing that my uncle planned to take his place and marry someone else first to put an end to his thoughts. Before you were married off, my uncle would send my brother elsewhere. Once you disappeared in the name of Cui Zhan and the emperor remarried, he would bring my brother back."

Su Yu exclaimed in amazement: "If you don't want to get married, then don't get married. Why do you have to find someone to marry in your place?"

Cui Hong was already a little numb: "Because the wedding procession sent by the emperor was already on its way, she wanted to act first and inform him later, but my father happened to be on a long trip and found out."

The Cui family is one of the great families in Zhao Kingdom, but like the Su family, which has only risen to prominence in Zhao Kingdom in the last ten years or so, their residence is near a low-to-medium grade spirit stone mine, far from the capital, and secluded from the world.

Therefore, the wedding procession will not arrive for another two days.

Cui Hong continued, "The team carries an imperial edict. The Cui family has lived in the territory of Zhao for generations and it is impossible for them to defect to another country. Naturally, they cannot openly disobey the imperial edict."

The royal family is powerful and has many powerful figures to support. Unless they unite with other aristocratic families, the Cui family cannot resist them.

But that would be challenging the royal family, and the Cui family wouldn't do that unless absolutely necessary. It's unlikely that any other aristocratic family would ally with the Cui family over something like that.

That's why he came up with such an absurd and convoluted method as a substitute bride disappearing.

"My brother is such a gentleman, how could he possibly marry into the deep palace like this!"

Su Yu didn't interrupt Cui Hong's rambling. He thought he looked a bit like... well, a fanatical supporter.

And it has a strange sense of familiarity.

However, there should still be some differences.

Su Yu thought, he should also know someone like this, younger than him, like a younger brother, and then, who is he so obsessed with?

It seems like it might be him?

Su Yu was jolted awake, and for some reason, she thought of the anklet she couldn't remove. She quickly cut off her thoughts and didn't want to think about it anymore.

Su Yu quickly interrupted Cui Hong, who was repeating himself in a highly repetitive manner, and said, "I understand. I'll try to find a solution."

Cui Hong asked in surprise, "You agreed?"

Su Yu: "No, I meant another solution. It's simple, just wait and see."

Cui Hong wanted to ask what the solution was, but Su Yu's intention to see him out was too obvious, so he had no choice but to take his leave.

Su Yu stayed inside the house, and after listening to the sounds to make sure the person was far away, she immediately got up, went back to her room, placed a few bottles of mid-to-high-grade pills on the table, and then climbed out the window.

In the past few days, he not only recuperated from his injuries and searched for clues to his memories, but also familiarized himself with the power within his body. Now he can control his demonic energy with the same precision as before he lost his memory, and he has also mastered many spells because his subconscious mind has been using them in private.

What Cui Hong was talking about was simple: repaying a debt of gratitude. The recipients of his gratitude were Cui Zhan and Physician Sun, not Cui Zhan's father. So all he had to do was pack up Cui Zhan and send him to the palace for the emperor.

Before leaving, I gave the Sun family physician some mid-to-high-grade pills, which should suit the tastes of that sharp-tongued old man.

He was just trying to trick Cui Hong into talking about gossip; he had no intention of cooperating with the substitute marriage.

Su Yu concealed himself and climbed onto a rooftop, using the descriptions he had heard over the past few days to find the courtyard where Cui Zhan lived.

Logically speaking, Su Yu remembered that she liked seeking excitement and joining in on fun, so it wouldn't be out of the question to take someone else's place in a marriage and then watch the excitement at public expense.

But there's a subtle feeling that if I did that, I'd get entangled with some kind of crybaby octopus or something.

Su Yu's thoughts were slightly heavy.

He hates octopuses.

Except for those that can be baked and eaten.

In short, after finding Cui Zhan's courtyard and confirming that he was in the study, Su Yu simply landed on the tree in front of the study window.

He casually plucked a leaf, sat on the horizontal branch with his legs dangling, and flicked the leaf into the window, where it struck the pen in Cui Zhan's hand.

The pen fell to the ground.

Cui Zhan did not move for a moment.

A voice transmitted to his mind, clear and unrestrained:

Cui Zhan bent down to pick up the pen, put it away, and looked up at Su Yu sitting in the tree.

After the wariness and surprise in his eyes faded, he slowly revealed a smile, raised his head, and answered, "Go."

The one-way telepathy has already proven "Buzhi's" strength. Regardless of where he learned it from, why shouldn't he respond?

So Su Yu smuggled Cui Zhan out of the Cui residence and told him all about his father and brother's plans.

After listening, Cui Zhan didn't offer any opinion, but said to Su Yu, "Young Master Bu, I also have some news to tell you, which may concern your background."

"My background?" Su Yu asked with some curiosity.

He actually has a background in this world, isn't he an orphan?

Cui Zhan nodded and said carefully, "If you still remember your original name, is your surname Su and your given name related to jade?"

Su Yu, still looking curious, asked, "Why are you suddenly asking this? Do you know something?"

Cui Zhan sighed and said, "The Su family, which is now on par with my Cui family, was established more than ten years ago from a small, powerful family. Its founder was named Su Yao, and her missing brother was named Su Yu."

"The two siblings who came with me to see you not long ago are from the Su family. After leaving the courtyard, they told me that you looked familiar. Then, they probably remembered something and said that you might be Su Yao's missing elder brother, Su Yu."

"They originally planned to come see you again tomorrow."